Zoë Lund

Zoe Lund was born Zoe Tamerlis to a Swedish mother and Romanian father on February 9, 1962 in New York City. She was an accomplished composer/musician and devout political activist at an early age. In 1981 at age 19, Lund gave a stunning performance as Thana, a mousy, mute garment worker and rape victim who violently strikes back against male oppression and exploitation of women in 'Abel Ferrara' (qv)'s outstanding distaff vigilante cult classic _Ms .45 (1981)_ (qv). She was likewise excellent and impressive in a demanding dual role as both a murdered aspiring Southern Belle actress and the lookalike New York woman who was used to replace her in 'Larry Cohen' (qv)'s nifty thriller _Special Effects (1984)_ (qv). From 1980 to 1985, Lund lived and worked with critic and filmmaker Edouard (Yves) De Laurot. She did a guest spot on an episode of _Miami Vice (1984)_ (qv) and appeared as herself in the racy documentary _Heavy Petting (1989)_ (qv).Lund co-wrote the script for and had a supporting role as a drug addict in Ferrara's crime drama _Bad Lieutenant (1992)_ (qv). Lund was a staunch advocate of heroin drug use. In addition, she was a professional model in her 20s and a writer who penned various essays, short stories, novels and film scripts (one of these unfinished screenplays was about supermodel 'Gia Carangi' (qv); Lund appears as an interview subject in the documentary The Self-Destruction of Gia (2003) (in which she candidly discusses her own heroin use). In 1993, Lund wrote, directed and starred in the one and a half minute short feature Hot Ticket (1993). Zoe Lund was working on a short story anthology when she died of drug-related heart failure at the tragically young age of 37 in Paris, France on April 16, 1999.::woodyanders